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Overview:   Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) defines reliability as "failure-free performance over time2". This is simple enough to be understood by anyone. The aim is to have no failures over an extended time period in spite of variability in the patient environment. spite of variability in the patient environment.  This is in line with the technical definition of reliability as the probability of successful performance of intended functions for a specified length of time under a specified user (patient) environment. In a system where the severity of consequences is high, such as in hospitals, the goal is to achieve reliability as close to 100% as possible. This is called failure-free performance. Some hospitals have achieved this goal for specific medical procedures for several quarters. Can they extend this performance over years instead of quarters? That is the challenge we need to face and find elegant solutions zero mistakes or find a way to protect patients if a mistake cannot be prevented.  Why should you Attend: The failures of the U.S. healthcare system are enormous considering the severity of failures. As much as 400,000 patients die each year from hospital mistakes. Another 2.1 are harmed from nosocomial infections (infections acquired during hospital stay). The cost is in billions. Discussions with doctors show that there is reluctance to apply reliability principles to healthcare systems because the variability in healthcare is enormous compared to the aviation and industrial fields. Each customer (patient) is different and each illness is unique in its own way. Then there are interconnecting systems such as cardiology, gynecology, gastroenterology, emergency medicine, oncology, and patient data from various doctors, pagers, computers, vendor software, and intensive care, each operating independently most of the time. But good approaches to improving the system reliability have been tried and tested in many industries. There is a

Overview: Safe hospital care in neither a science nor an art. It is a practice just like the practice by a doctor who combines hindsight of experience and foresight of imagination to come up with an outsight of the best interventions and best protocols. Over time the doctor standardizes the process but is vigilant to any unique requirements of each patient. Such an approach in patient safety is called hazard analysis and mitigation process. This webinar goes a big step farther. It covers innovation strategies to assure that the safety improvements result in a high return on investment and high value to the hospital, and protects the patients. Why should you Attend: About 400,000 patients die each year from hospital mistakes according to a senate hearing. Evidence based methods to reduce adverse, sentinel, and never events are available and successful in aerospace, nuclear, and chemical industries. Why not use them? We need a paradigm shift. We need it in a hurry! You cannot cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Do not be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. No noble thing can be done without risks Areas Covered in the Session: The Etiologies of Unsafe Care Sufficient Understanding is a Pre-requisite to Safe Care Preventing "Indifferencity" to Enhance Patient Safety Continuous innovation is better than Continuous Improvement Innovations Should Start with Incidence Reports Hazard Analysis Fault Tree Analysis-the Best Tool for Harm Prevention Doing More with Less is Innovation Re-Invent Quality Management Human Errors may be Unpreventable, Preventing Harm is an Innovation Managing Safety: Lessons from Aerospace Protect Patients from Dangers in Medical Devices The Paradigm Pioneers Aequanimitas,The Best Known Strategy for Safe Care Who Will Benefit: Hospital senior management Hospital administrators Doctors Nursing staff Clinical engineers Radiology staff Infection control staff Patient advocates Speaker Profile Dev Raheja

Overview: Joint Commission standards set a high bar for hospital medical staff bylaws. Since the 2011 changes to MS 01.01.01, bylaws must meet 37 elements of performance including hearing provisions, credentialing requirements, department director duties and more. But don't stop there-additional requirements are scattered through other Joint Commission standards. Each standard, element of performance and their quirks will be addressed and means of compliance explored. Why should you Attend: Joint Commission accreditation, sought by the overwhelming majority of American hospitals, hinges upon compliance with the Standards and their Elements of Performance set forth in the Joint Commission Accreditation Manual for Hospitals. Some of the most complex, detailed standards involve medical staff bylaws provisions and processes. Federal legal requirements change frequently in ways that unexpectedly affect these Joint Commission standards. This webinar addresses the most up -to-date Joint Commission requirements and industry best practices for medical staff bylaws compliance. Areas Covered in the Session: Joint Commission Standards for Hospitals Medical Staff Bylaws Hospital accreditation requirements Who Will Benefit: Medical Staff President Bylaws Committee Chair Chief Medical Officer Vice President of Medical Affairs Chief of Staff Director of Medical Staff Medical Staff Attorney Hospital Counsel Medical Staff Manager Speaker Profile Elizabeth A. Snelson represents medical staffs across the country, focusing on medical staff bylaws, and works for medical societies on medical staff issues. A frequent speaker on medical staff legal issues, Ms Snelson presents at medical staff leadership retreats, and in programs sponsored by state medical staff services associations and medical societies, the American Medical Association, the American Bar Association, and other organizations. She is Past President of the American Society of Medical Association Counsel, Vice Presi

Social media and healthcare: The advent of the social media into the healthcare industry has thrown open a hitherto unknown dynamic. It presents the industry the kind of opportunities that were hard to come by till now. Yet, it is full of challenges. It is now an inescapable fact and a given: the onslaught of the social media into the healthcare industry cannot be reversed. The wave is too strong to resist. The explosion in the use of social media has impacted the healthcare industry on a scale that is unprecedented. The universal pervasiveness of the social media Social media and healthcare have become great buddies mainly because of the sheer power of reach of the social media. What started out essentially as services that shared photos and messages has turned out to be a giant opportunity for the healthcare industry. Today, it is something that no one in the healthcare industry -or those outside it, such as the lay young population that seeks medical information - is insulated from. Now, not only patients, but also physicians and everyone of any significance in the healthcare industry use the social media to disseminate information. Social media and healthcare have become strongly paired also because they help in keeping the patient in close contact with the healthcare provider. It is no surprise that the social media have broken the barriers of age and geography in reaching out to the highest and widest range of users. Some trends about social media and healthcare: It is estimated that a fifth of the entire American population exchanged medical information over the social media in 2010 About three-fourths of all patients use the social media for some information before reaching a healthcare provider At least a thousand top US hospitals use social media for communicating with patients and providers Globally, up to half a billion people could be linking social media and healthcare by using the former Now, the challenges: Despite social media in t

The hospital market is one of the most lucrative segments of health care industry. This industry is growing and the Indian medical market is considered as the next big thing by healthcare investors globally. Medical tourism is considered as the main growth factor.

Medical Informatics is a story of phenomenal growth: Medical informatics is an area that is growing at a fervid pace. Its growth is not likely to get hindered or slow down in the near future, due to the surge in its use in the healthcare and IT industries. Medical Informatics is a relatively recent development in the field of healthcare. It is interwoven into the development and application of IT-based innovations in the healthcare industry. Medical informatics is often synonymously and loosely used with other related words such as clinical informatics, nursing informatics, healthcare informatics and so on. Its associations with related or similar disciplines notwithstanding, one can draw a fairly clear idea of medical informatics. It can be described as the application, adoption, design and development of IT into activities relating to the healthcare industry. What is the objective of medical informatics? Medical informatics seeks to enhance knowledge and innovate in the healthcare field by using IT and its applications. Towards this end, it uses and merges the principles, knowledge, data, application, and the tools needed for applying these in the process of decision-making. Who are involved in the use of medical informatics? Medical informatics is used by almost everyone in the healthcare industry. These include physicians, nurses, billers, coders, many others who provide healthcare, and medical librarians. In addition, there are specialists who are tasked purely with working with medical informatics, such as Data analysts Hospital record managers, and Programmers and analysts in the industry. The rise and rise of medical informatics The birth and growth of medical informatics has been tied to those of the IT industry, the Internet in particular. In a sense, they are twins, having started and grown in almost a conjoined fashion. Its early development started in the 1960s, very nearly contemporaneous with that of the Net. While the medium that brought

Medical Informatics : Medical informatics is an area that is growing at a fervid pace. Its growth is not likely to get hindered or slow down in the near future, due to the surge in its use in the healthcare and IT industries. Medical Informatics is a relatively recent development in the field of healthcare. It is interwoven into the development and application of IT-based innovations in the healthcare industry. Medical informatics is often synonymously and loosely used with other related words such as clinical informatics, nursing informatics, healthcare informatics and so on. Its associations with related or similar disciplines notwithstanding, one can draw a fairly clear idea of medical informatics. It can be described as the application, adoption, design and development of IT into activities relating to the healthcare industry. What is the objective of medical informatics? Medical informatics seeks to enhance knowledge and innovate in the healthcare field by using IT and its applications. Towards this end, it uses and merges the principles, knowledge, data, application, and the tools needed for applying these in the process of decision-making. Who are involved in the use of medical informatics? Medical informatics is used by almost everyone in the healthcare industry. These include physicians, nurses, billers, coders, many others who provide healthcare, and medical librarians. In addition, there are specialists who are tasked purely with working with medical informatics, such as Data analysts Hospital record managers, and Programmers and analysts in the industry. The rise and rise of medical informatics: The birth and growth of medical informatics has been tied to those of the IT industry, the Internet in particular. In a sense, they are twins, having started and grown in almost a conjoined fashion. Its early development started in the 1960s, very nearly contemporaneous with that of the Net. While the medium that brought it into existenc

Patient Lateral Transfer Devices (PLDs) have been a mainstay of patient care in the healthcare industry. In this new age of technology, devices are quickly replacing traditional medical procedures. These devices are changing the way we do things and the way we move from one location to another. The introduction of PLDs has brought along with the changes and advancements in how we transfer our patients from one floor of a hospital to another. As this transition continues to happen, more changes will come forth along with it. The number of people using and accessing these services has increased drastically and the number of people who use these services is expected to continue growing. It is projected that within the next two years, there will be a majority of individuals who use the services provided by patient lateral transfer devices to move from their beds to waiting areas of the hospital. Patient lateral transfer includes the clinical settings that involve transporting an injured or ill patient to a medical facility. It can also include transferring an individual from a medical facility to a hospital in another location for treatment. When the patient is moved, it could include transporting the patient to the operating room or to another treatment facility. These services are very popular and serve as a huge industry. There are several different reasons why individuals are enticed to become part of this segment. Read more @ https://coherentmarketinsights-cmi.blogspot.com/2021/01/patient-lateral-transfer-devices.html

The Physician Payment Sunshine Act: The Physician Payment Sunshine Act, also called Physician Payments Act, is a piece of legislation passed by the American Congress in 2010. It came to be enacted along with the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare. The purpose of this legislation is to ensure transparency in the financial relationships that exist between the pharmaceutical industry, teaching hospitals, and physicians. What the Sunshine Act requires is this: Manufacturers of drugs and medical devices, and organizations that purchase in groups (Group Purchasing Organizations or PGO's) have to report payments or their equivalent that they make to physicians and teaching hospitals. Items that are considered equivalent to money payments, transfers of which have to be reported are clearly mentioned. These include the following: Meals Honoraria or grants Gifts Entertainment Speaking fees Writing services, such as research papers or manuscripts Travel reimbursements Purchase of items such as teaching materials and journals, which are paid either directly to physicians or teaching hospitals, supplied either directly or through a third party Funding for research Another core reporting requirement: Another requirement of the Sunshine Act is that when manufacturers of drugs and medical devices and group purchasing organizations have physicians who have a stake in some or another form in their organizations; this has to be reported to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). These reporting requirements apply to all kinds of physicians, who are either specialists or are general practitioners. However, the following are excluded from reporting by the Sunshine Act: Nurses Support and office staff Residents Medical students Physicians assistance Advance practice nurses Physicians need not report: The Sunshine Act requires information about these payments and transfers to be made by the paying medical device and drug companies, and not by physicians.

Overview: As the healthcare industry moves toward a value based reimbursement model rather than fee for service, it is crucial that the provider and ancillary staff understand how ineffective reporting can lead to dollars lost. We will review the 3 critical areas that require skilled management. Understand that patients are more educated about their healthcare and are increasingly responsible for more out of pocket costs. High dollar deductibles may result in self pay realities and bad debt increases. Learn areas that increase your chances for an audit. Are you ready for the challenge? Why should you Attend: Revenue is dependent upon proficiency in multiple areas. In today's environment, it is risky to maintain the status quo and increasingly important to obtain and maintain skilled business staff. The granularity of the ICD-10 code set requires understanding of the official coding conventions and guidelines, the ability to apply those guidelines, and the ability to recognize when reporting may lead to revenue delay, reduction or loss. Additionally, other factors affect your revenue stream. This includes patients with high deductible plans, collection of much more than a small co-pay, and staff understanding of regulations that govern telephone collection activity. Don't leave money on the table or invite an audit into your practice. Audits are often the result of weak billing and coding skills. This program will review several areas that will cost you money if poorly handled. Areas Covered in the Session: Required specificity in coding Documentation necessary for ICD-10 reporting Why coders must frequently query for clarification How ambiguous diagnosis reporting affects you r bottom line Internal collections versus outsourcing. What should you consider Staff effective in handling problem claims? Developing appeals? Who Will Benefit: Coders Billers Revenue cycle Physicians Mid-level providers Nurses Claims follow-up Managers Managers Speaker Profil

Overview: Many medical entities are increasingly struggling to manage revenue effectively. Self pay is on the rise due to high deductibles. Bad debt is increasing. What is your plan to manage these areas? Staff trained in denial management? Variances? Are they handling these areas in a timely manner? Payers have time limits in which dollars can be salvaged. Missing those strategic times mean dollars lost. Don't leave money on the table. We will discuss multiple avenues in which strong training and timely action can equal $$$. Why should you Attend: Don't lose hard earned revenue. Learn tips to strategic follow up, when and how to manage the appeal process. Is the claim appealable? Partial payments and why? Today's industry of high dollar deductibles create the necessity to expend additional efforts on self-pay accounts. There is a significant difference in collecting small co-pays and managing large balances. Bad debt creep? What is your plan for managing these areas? Areas Covered in the Session: Hire the right staff - Then engage in ongoing education Variances and denial management Billing compliance Coding for specificity, co-existing conditions and correct modifiers Supporting medical necessity CCI edits and unbundling Productivity Claims follow up Payer processing edits Additional development requests Handling problem claims and appeals Who Will Benefit: Coders Billers Revenue cycle Physicians, mid-level providers Nurses Claims follow-up Managers Speaker Profile Dorothy D. Steed is an Independent Healthcare Consultant and Educator in Atlanta. She was a Medicare specialist for a large hospital system and a physician coding audit supervisor for another hospital system, with 38 years of experience in healthcare. Additionally, she is an instructor at a state technical college in Atlanta, provides auditing & training in both facility and physician services, and has been a speaker at several healthcare conferences. Ms. Steed has written articles for

Autoclaves are also known as steam sterilizers and are used to expose each item to direct steam contact at the required temperature and pressure for the specified time. They are used for healthcare or industrial applications to eliminate the protein structure of the bacteria and spores. Compatible of steam autoclaves for crisis strategy decontamination of N95 respirators is expected to propel growth of the global steam autoclave market. For instance, in October 2020, 3M, a U.S-based multinational conglomerate corporation, announced that Belimed steam autoclaves are compatible for crisis strategy decontamination of specific single-use N95 Respirators. Moreover, launch of biological indicators for steam autoclaves is also expected to aid in growth of the market. For instance, in December 2020, Steris Corporation, a U.S-based medical equipment company, launched Spordex Self-Contained Biological Indicator Ampoules to confirm sterilization of liquids in steam autoclave cycles. Emergence of Covid-19 is expected to offer lucrative growth opportunities for players in the global steam autoclave market. For instance, globally, as of 4:03pm CET, 1 March 2021, there have been 113,820,168 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 2,527,891 deaths, reported to the World Health Organization. Moreover, high prevalence of hospital-acquired infections is also expected to aid in growth of the market. For instance, according to an observational epidemiological study of intra-abdominal infections published in December 2019, in NEJM Journal Watch, of the 2621 critically ill adults with intra-abdominal infections at 309 international centers between January and December 2016, 32% were community-acquired, while 68% were hospital-acquired. Read more @ https://coherentmarketinsights-blog.blogspot.com/2021/03/emergence-of-covid-19-and-lunch-of-new.html

Workplace Safety Regulations : Workplace safety is a matter of grave importance to any organization. Ensuring the safety of workers is a primary goal of most countries, no matter which kind of political system or setup they have. This is because almost no workplace is free from some or another kind of hazard. These workplaces could be as varied as hospitals, construction sites, engineering plants or agriculture and many more. Governments the world over consider it their duty to provide a safe workplace. Workplace safety can concern any hazard that can happen to either the physical or emotional wellbeing of a worker. National and global workplace safety regulations : Workplace safety regulations are legally stipulated measures that governments require organizations in both the private and public sector to implement in order to ensure safety at the workplace. Almost all countries have their own set of workplace safety regulations. These regulations work in tandem with a few global management systems with the aim of enhancing safety standards at the workplace. A notable global organization that is at the forefront of legislating workplace safety regulations is the International Labor Organization (ILO). These ILO-mandated legislations are meant to supplement the national workplace safety regulations that most countries have. This is done in the belief that many a time, these individual legislations may not be sufficient in themselves. Workplace safety regulations in the US : Like most other countries, the US too has its own set of Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) standards. Owing their origins to the Richard Nixon era in late 1970; workplace safety regulations in the US concretized under what is collectively called the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The major feature of OSHA is that apart from promulgating workplace safety regulations across nearly all conceivable sectors and types of industries; OSHA also has a provision for whistleblow

Fungal Testing Kits Market by Test Type (Molecular Test, Chromogenic Test, and Others), Sample Type (Skin, Urine, Vaginal Secretions, Blood, and Others), Application (Research, Susceptibility Testing, Medical Diagnosis, and Others), and End User (Diagnostic Laboratories, Hospitals & Clinics, Research Institutes, and Others): Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2021-2030

Overview: Remember spaghetti code? The HIPAA breach area is now almost as convoluted and overlapping and confusing as spaghetti code. Sometimes you think you are both coming and going at the same time when you think through an event to determine if your organization has had a breach. For example: Is a security incident always a beach? Is an ePHI breach a security incident as well? Is a cybersecurity event always a breach? What if it does not steal any clinical information, diagnoses or procedures information, or any payment information? A security incident? Or both? Are all the necessary kinds of notice in the Breach rule? What is Cybersecurity Insurance? Is it really the finger in the dike or itself full of Swiss cheese? Can the loss of patient or member data be a HIPAA breach and identity theft plus a fraud issue? Why should you Attend: HIPAA breaches now number in the multiple thousands, if not multiple millions. Your organization needs to be prepared for the initial sense of panic, a complete investigation, and the federal, state and reputational costs of a mega breach. A breach now costs in money approximately $225/record. And this does not include any fine of any type. The loss and theft of 1000 records may cost you organization from a quarter to $1 M, or more, and 6 months to a year to resolve. You need to know the basics of what PHI and ePHI really are; what puts the event into the breach safe harbor, what breach exceptions keeps the event out of OCR's hands, what the 4 factors are and how they are used. You need to know that your organization's breach plan and your policies and procedures include the need to notify when necessary the police, the FBI and other state and federal organizations beyond the Office for Civil Rights. Your organization needs to know how to protect itself after the fact by considering Cybersecurity Insurance. Areas Covered in the Session: Definition and reporting of a Security Incident Definition of a breach Breach Guidance Br

Setting up a compliance program in healthcare: Organizations that set up a compliance program in healthcare should go by many voluntary regulations from the OIG, apart from those mandated by HIPAA. Setting up a compliance program in healthcare is about being compliant with standards. This entails having to be compliant with several standards, which cover a wide variety of areas. There are several voluntary and mandatory guidelines from the Office of the Inspector General (OIG), apart from standards from HIPAA. Setting up a compliance program in healthcare meeting HIPAA requirements is set out and mandated by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Guidelines from the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) The series of compliance program guidance documents from the OIG are largely voluntary, and are meant for the different sections of the health care industry. These include Hospitals Nursing homes Third-party billers, and Durable medical equipment suppliers. These guidelines are issued with the intention of motivating healthcare units to develop and use their own internal controls aimed at helping them adhere to regulations, program requirements and statutes. The OIG issues documents, which act as guidelines for setting up a compliance program in healthcare by providing principles. These need to be adapted when healthcare organizations have to develop their own compliance program that is in tune with their best interests and needs. Another major aim is served in the implementation of these guidelines for setting up a compliance program in healthcare: They help healthcare units to understand the nature of fraud and other risks associated with abuse, when they are setting up a compliance program for their healthcare unit. HIPAA requirements Setting up a compliance program in healthcare while being compliant with HIPAA regulationsrequires a healthcare organization to put in place measures that ensure that health records must: Be confident

A look at disruptive practitioner behavior policies: One of the very important factors needed for a healthcare unit to maintain its decorum and uphold its reputation is the implementation of disruptive practitioner behavior policies. The declaration and implementation of disruptive practitioner behavior policies goes a long way in ensuring that the hospital or healthcare center doesn't lose face. What are disruptive practitioner behavior policies? First, an understanding of disruptive practitioner behavior policies: Disruptive practitioner behavior policies may be termed as the putting in place in a healthcare providing unit a set of policies that are aimed at checking the errant and rude behavior of its staff members towards the patients and other people that use the services rendered by these centers. Who all carry out disruptive practitioner behaviors? Anyone in the healthcare setting can behave in an unbecoming and ungainly fashion with patients or those attending on them. Some of the typical types associated with disruptive practitioner behavior include shouting at them, bullying, intimidating, scolding loudly, being aggressive towards them, gesturing lewdly to them, and so on. This kind of behavior reflects very badly on the healthcare provider. Since there is intense competition in the healthcare providing industry; it is natural for patients to look for other centers when they face this kind of behavior. It is after all human to expect to be treated nicely. If one provider doesn't do that; patients look for other providers. Losing the patient, bad though it is, is not the only loss: When this becomes public, which is all the easier given the extensive reach of the social media; the healthcare unit's name goes for a toss. The role of disruptive practitioner behavior policies It is to curb this kind of behavior that disruptive practitioner behavior policies need to be put in place. Disruptive practitioner behavior policies can go a long way in reining i

Overview: The Sunshine Act, or Open Payments Program, requires manufacturers of drugs, medical devices, and biologics that participate in U.S. federal health care programs to report certain payments and items of value given to physicians and teaching hospitals. This Act was part of a healthcare reform bill adopted in March 2010. It came about due to requests for increased transparency about the financial relationships between physicians and industry. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) issued the final rules in 2013 which implemented the Sunshine Act. Why should you Attend: Anyone required to adhere to the Sunshine Act standards or anyone interested in knowing what must be reported and made public. Areas Covered in the Session: Purpose of the Sunshine Act Who is required to report under the Sunshine Act? What is reported? Exclusions Tracking Penalties Useful links Who Will Benefit: This webinar will provide valuable assistance to all personnel in: Human Subjects Research Healthcare interested in exploring the field of Clinical Research Clinical Research Coordinators Principal Investigators/Physicians Administration in charge of Clinical Research Regulatory Compliance Speaker Profile Sarah Fowler-Dixon is Education Specialist and instructor with Washington University School of Medicine. She has developed a comprehensive education program for human subject research which has served as a model for other institutions. She crafted budgets, policies, procedures, reporting, and training for the new program. She has initiated the planning, development, authorship and implementation of many human subjects research policies, practices, guidelines, submission and reviewer forms often working with state and federal authorities. She has provided consultation regarding ethical, federal, state, and institutional requirements for faculty and staff both in the design and execution of their projects and teaches research ethics and regulatory affairs and the fu

Single-use medical device reprocessing refers to cleaning, disinfection, testing, sterilization, and remanufacturing of a used medical device to be put in service again. The reuse of single-use medical devices first began in the late 1970s. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), around 20 to 30% of the U.S. hospitals reported having reused at least one type of single-use device. The reuse of single-use devices involves ethical, regulatory, legal, medical, and economic issues, which have faced controversy in the last two decades. The reuse of single-use medical devices has increased typically due to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. In general, there are two categories of products that can be reused: active and inert. Active products are required for making new products, while inert products are used for making old products stronger, newer, longer-lasting, and more effective. The useful products that are generated are called inert products. These are products that have a certain amount of value because of their function. They are available in different forms like paper, paperboard, metals, plastic, etc. These products can either be reclaimed from the environment, or produced by industries and used for manufacturing purposes. The mobile devices that need to be recycled for single-use medical device reprocessing include diagnostic devices, sterilization equipment, biopsy instruments, blood glucose analyzers, blood pressure monitors, disposable gloves, medical imaging devices, and many more. Read more @ https://coherentmarketinsights-cmi.blogspot.com/2020/12/single-use-medical-device-reprocessing.html